Half Past Four - Poisoned Tune Lyrics

The flowers bow when I walk by
the creatures pretend they are shy
the sounds separate from the sounders
and the notes attack from the sky
and still the stillness exists
somewhere between the fits.

The little bouquets of cilia
encompass the nerves like a filter
and I hear the symphony begin
the poisoned tune within.

So the innocent puckers and laughter
make a jolt like a lamb to the slaughter
and I feel like the sugar man’s daughter
people like him but think she’s a porker
but do they live happily ever after, ever after, ever after?

The sun melts the sky as I walk by
the ground turns brown and the tough guys cry
and all I can do is observe
the pain explode from the nerve
and still the stillness exists
somewhere between the fits.

Faces become a thought I once had
as a little girl skips in the sun
and a lush paradise, like a kite in the sky,
will get snagged on a tree and wreck all the fun
so little girl put in your earplugs
and dance to the silence of heart pumping blood
with no knowledge of the sad voices that call
you might stand a chance of
a life after all.

Your feelings turn inward your peace is complete
you won’t be vindictive or want to compete
noise is a place in a thought you once
had you can’t feel your grief you can’t tell if you’re sad.

Ignorance is bliss is ignorance is bliss…

Faces change as I walk by
The ground seems low and the sky seems high
I’ve stretched myself too thin
to the poisoned tune within
and still the music exists
somewhere beneath the hiss,
somewhere beneath the hiss,
somewhere between the fits…